Industrial Minerals

WGM has advised clients and conducted exploration, due diligence, technical reviews and development studies on a broad range of industrial mineral commodities including Antimony, Bauxite, Cement, Feldspar, Limestone Mica, Niobium-Tantalum, Rare Earth Elements, Sand Silica and many other products.

Our professional staff and associates have worldwide experience. They are accustomed to and capable of working in many different cultural and political environments and are familiar with the often unique characteristics, research and extensive market studies, required to bring industrial mineral deposits into production.

Key Projects

Ta, Nb, Li, Cs, Rb Pegmatite, Ontario, Canada - Data compilation, surface mapping, diamond drilling, technical report

Graphite, Ontario, Canada - Mineral Resource estimation, project review.

Antimony, Newfoundland, Canada - Preliminary assessment, project management, exploration, feasibility study

Asbestos, Alaska, USA - Feasibility and marketing study Fluorite, Tin and

Tungsten, Alaska, USA - Feasibility study, market review

Silica Sand, Sri Lanka - Market study

REE, Construction Materials, Saudi Arabia - Exploration, appraisal

Black Marble, Peru - Drilling, Mineral Resource estimation

Bauxite, Sierra Leone - Mineral Resource estimation

Ilmenite (Heavy mineral sands) Madagascar and Quebec, Canada - Exploration, project management, technical review

Titanium, Brazil - Exploration, data review

Sodium Sulphate, Argentina - Technical review

Vanadium, China - Technical review

Spodumene, China - Due diligence and technical review

Phosphate, Niger - Exploration

Cement, Libya, Ecuador, Malaysia and Sumatra - Exploration, Mineral Resource estimates, feasibility study

Industrial Minerals, Ghana - Data compilation and book preparation

A PDF file highlighting our industrial minerals experience is also available for download on our Downloads page.

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"We were extremely pleased with the professional manner in which your firm designed, managed and executed the regional gold exploration program covering over 7,000 square kilometres of Scotland."

Robert Leclerc, Chairman and CEO - Echo Bay Mines

In the News

In Memoriam: David Beggs (1943-2010) - (January 25th, 2010) It is with heartfelt sorrow that we bid fond farewell to David Beggs, WGM’s Senior Geomatics Associate, who passed away this week. David had over 38 years of industry experience, much of it in developing countries, advocating the training and mentoring of local personnel in new technologies. He was an expert in GIS and remote sensing, and during the period between 1996 and 1998, he processed and interpreted RadarSAT and LandSAT imagery for mineral exploration projects in Mongolia, Africa, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Philippines and Solomon Islands. David was admired by all of his colleagues for his steadfast dedication to his work and family. We will miss him dearly.

WGM selected for Egyptian Industrial Minerals Study - (January 8th, 2010) The Industrial Modernization Centre (“IMC”) is an industrial development agency jointly funded by the European Union, the Egyptian private sector, and the government of Egypt, whose mandate is to provide business development support to Egyptian industrial enterprises. WGM is pleased to announce that it has been selected to conduct a year-long study on Egypt’s Industrial Minerals Sector. (More Information)

Exploration and Mining Risk Analysis Workshop, Cape Town - (February 22-23, 2010) WGM President, Joe Hinzer will be hosting a two-day workshop in Cape Town, South Africa. (More Information)

Events

PDAC 2010, Toronto - (March 7-10, 2010) Don't miss the mining event of the year! Come visit WGM at booth B901 for your chance to win some great prizes! (More Information)

Career Opportunities

September 1st, 2008 - WGM is currently seeking qualified geological and mining professionals for positions in its Toronto and Vancouver offices (More information).